AUCKLAND RESULTS. Stout Caroline Garcia outlasts Townsend in the 1st round

Caroline Garcia survives Taylor Townsend 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Auckland on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Garcia is going to play against Eugenie Bouchard in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Taylor won the set after she broke Caroline in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. The French Player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Taylor managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 7-5.

Taylor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Caroline conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Garcia had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Townsend in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Garcia to win the set since the American succeeded in breaking back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Garcia maintained her cool to break the American in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Garcia scored 107 points vs. Townsend’s 104 points.

Garcia won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, the American had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Garcia and Townsend is 1-0 for Caroline.

Next Match H2H: Caroline Garcia vs. Eugenie Bouchard – stats

Garcia will take on Bouchard in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Caroline Garcia and Eugenie Bouchard clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Garcia and Bouchard (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bouchard won 7-5 6-0 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Auckland

• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Usue Maitane ArconadaMaitane Arconada (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alize CornetCornet – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Christina MchaleMchale – Ann LiLi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Paige Mary HouriganMary Hourigan (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Valentina IvanovIvanov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (7-6⁷ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Taylor TownsendTownsend (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Lauren DavisDavis – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
• Julia GoergesGoerges – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-1) – See H2H details
• Lauren DavisDavis – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (1-3) – See H2H details
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Julia GoergesGoerges (0-0) – See H2H details
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Christina MchaleMchale (3-0) – See H2H details
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-1) – See H2H details
• Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alize CornetCornet – Petra MarticMartic (1-0) – See H2H details